Buthaina bint al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad
Buthaina bint al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad (Arabic: بثينة بنت المعتمد بن عباد) was a poet of Al-Andalus. She was born in 1070 and was the daughter of al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad, ruler of the Taifa of Seville, and his consort Al-Rumaikiyya, an Andalusian poet. One of her poems, "Listen to my words", is about being sold into slavery after her father was overthrown.[1]
References[]
- ^ Brozyna, Martha A. (2005-03-21). Gender and Sexuality in the Middle Ages: A Medieval Source Documents Reader. McFarland. pp. 309–310. ISBN 9780786420421.
Categories:
- Arabic-language women poets
- Arabic-language poets
- 11th-century women writers
- Women poets of Al-Andalus
- Abbadid dynasty
- Arabian slaves and freedmen
- 11th-century Arabs
- Medieval slaves
- Slaves of Al-Andalus